Melbourne domestic lounge under construction?
Jun 7, 2018, 3:50 pm
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Paper and digital complimentary invitations are unable to be used at Melbourne Qantas Club during this period.
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By "Paper and digital complimentary invitations are unable to be used at Melbourne Qantas Club during this period." do they mean the aforementioned peak periods each day, or just "the period" of renovations?
...ticket for my brother for Wednesday 5:10pm MEL-CBR and transferred a complimentary lounge pass for him to use
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Paper and digital complimentary invitations are unable to be used at Melbourne Qantas Club during this period.
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By "Paper and digital complimentary invitations are unable to be used at Melbourne Qantas Club during this period." do they mean the aforementioned peak periods each day, or just "the period" of renovations?
...ticket for my brother for Wednesday 5:10pm MEL-CBR and transferred a complimentary lounge pass for him to use
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Jun 7, 2018, 8:42 pm
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Didn't lose the invite though as I just transferred it to him, didn't link it to the booking prior as I knew this risk.
Jul 22, 2018, 10:54 pm
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I finally visited the MEL Business lounge on a Friday afternoon, and it was standing room only. I eventually did find a seat, but the place was uncomfortably crowded for the hour or so that I visited. Looking forward to a future visit when the construction works are completed. For now, it's not a very pleasant place to be.
Jul 23, 2018, 1:49 am
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Jul 23, 2018, 2:04 am
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Both were heaving. There were more people standing in the Q lounge than in the Business Lounge on Friday. It probably didn't help that a number of flights to Sydney had been cancelled that evening. I wonder what went on with that?
Jul 23, 2018, 2:25 am
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Jul 23, 2018, 8:11 am
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Jul 23, 2018, 3:05 pm
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I guess for @transportprof , it was a choice of between standing around and consuming better F&B in the Business lounge or standing around and consuming the lesser QP fare.
Jul 25, 2018, 6:40 am
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High winds at SYD had it down to a single runway. I was in BNE earlier that day and heard this announced as reason for some BNE-SYD delays, and was in MEL that evening and it was still going on. Many flights being called an hour or more late, QF lounge staff said that almost every second flight was being cancelled. When we got into SYD it was a bumpy landing! Never fear, am hearing the first part of the 'all-new' MEL J lounge will open end of August.
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Jul 27, 2018, 6:00 pm
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I was in MEL domestic QP last week and was dismayed to see that the new Business lounge has taken away our previous tarmac views. The QP now looks like a cafeteria to me as there seemed to be more (dining) tables and chairs than lounges. Place was bustling and appears that the QP has shrunk considerably. Saw on the back wall they were expanding into the terminal area - Poo!
Jul 28, 2018, 4:29 am
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Yep, that's about the size of it. The new lounge MEL 'domestic lounge precinct' will eventually see the Business Lounge and Qantas Club as almost mirror-images of each other – Business Lounge stretched along where the windows / views are, and Qantas Club on the other window-less side of the escalators. The final stage of works (post-Sept) will see the Qantas Club gain some extra space through a dogleg into the current Business Lounge, as well as windows to the interior of the terminal. #Luxury
Jul 29, 2018, 10:24 pm
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What day of week and time of day would you travel?
The lounges are busy early morning & can be very busy later afternoon (16:30-18:00).
But does vary day to day.